Maybe they will take us along as servants? Oh, no, they will build robots for that…

Let me know when the first colony is formed, then I can get excited.

It will only be open to billionaires. Or to people there to make money for billionaires. That’s why I’m not excited.

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” -Oscar Wilde

I don’t really like manga, but one of the best stories I’ve ever read in any format is the 7-volume Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. It’s post-apocalyptic fantasy about the nature of evil, the corruption of humanity, the extent to which individuals can fight against historical forces, and the fragility of civilization, for a start. Plus there’s a lot of action and world-building. There’s an anime movie which covers about one tenth of the story, if you want to get a feel for it.

Recently I’ve been thinking one of the best things Alan Moore has written is the original 12-issue series Top 10. It just has certain characters and events that stuck in my mind.

Kind of a mix of Hunger Games, Attack on Titan, and Avatar: the Last Airbender? Not sure how to feel about it. From looking at youtube comments, looks like they couldn’t afford to buy a social media team to hype it either. Seems to be a Serbian/Croatian production, which could be interesting.

Fucking excellent! Is this for real? I bet people are gonna hear this song for the first time and be like, what’s that all about. And then they’re gonna fall down a rabbit hole. Come to think of it, Transmission was the first Joy Division song I heard (and liked).

I love this pic bc she doesn’t look like a diva R&B movie star like in her videos. She just looks like some kid in your math class who you think is really cool.

They look like they’re preparing to write to the Turkish Sultan.

aw yeah I meant to post some MBR bc they are touring the US/Canada starting this month!

https://mbrserver.com/

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idk what about this pic says “STIs”, I thought it was nice bc it was relatively wholesome. Some of the other pics, sure I see what you’re saying.

Admitting you’re behind might feel bad, but it’s also sharing responsibility.

Yeah, there’s no shame in having problems with a project. A lot of times, as your manager sees that you’re competent, they’ll give you harder projects that nobody else could do. Not in a bad way, just because they’re trying to find the right performance level to manage your time.

Even if it’s an easy task that you just had problems getting with… that happens. Keep your cool, don’t make too many excuses, and keep other people informed.

Buck-toothed Melody, bespectacled Marci, and chubby Mickey are socially awkward sorority sisters. Desperate for some fun, they invite a trio of equally nerdy fraternity pledges over for a party. The party fizzles and the guys are on the verge of leaving when the girls try to liven things up by holding a séance. The crystal ball they use at the séance is cursed and causes the girls to become possessed by a succubus.

The suddenly sexy girls share some pie and a bath and then set out to seduce and murder their guests. The girls take on new personas to help them trap their prey. Mickey becomes a bikini-clad jungle girl, Marci transforms herself into a pigtail-sporting naughty girl, and Melody changes into a wild rock chick. The boys fight temptation and try to find help for the girls. The situation gets more complicated when the boys’ loutish fraternity brothers show up looking to score.

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Nightmare Sisters was filmed over four days in September 1987 for about $40,000 using left-over film, cast, and crew from the just completed Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama.[1][2]

The film was shot in the producer’s rented home. Set decoration largely consisted of different colored lighting and covering the walls with posters.

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The company distributing the film abruptly went out of business with the result that less than 2,000 copies of the tape were ever distributed.[4] The film became an instant obscurity.

Over the next decade, the popularity of the three actresses, word of mouth about the famous bathtub scene, and the scarcity of the film caused it to develop a cult reputation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_Sisters

Last couple times this happened I called a plumber I trusted. The first time they used a “snake”, the second time they used a sink plunger. At the time I had a bit of money and could afford it, and I didn’t want to break a pipe or put the wrong chemical down there or something.

Somehow I feel more “represented” by VLC than I do by any of the astronauts.

ikr the more I think of it, the premise of @[email protected] 's story is flawed.

Mid-sized midwestern cities usually have 1-2 universities and often a couple smaller colleges too, which means at least 1 walkable neighborhood with cafes and art galleries and smaller concert venues and populations of people who graduated and stuck around to form co-ops and quirky small businesses because they like the quality of life and cost of living. Not to mention most major acts tour all those cities.

Pharmacy tech? I can easily think of 3 friends who I wish had a job that good. iirc it requires a background check, so that means if you got that job then you don’t have a prison record nor do you have a drug habit that would lead you to start swiping the opiates.

“Sure, it might be a little cringe to see an older person dressing alt,” Sergio said as he looked in the mirror. But you know what? There’s a whole legion of people who don’t care about that, who wear dark clothes and fishnets and dark makeup, who make it a point of pride that they can’t be touched by those people who think that they’re underachievers, those people who call them scrubs, who think that they’re too fat or too poor or wear clothes that don’t quite fit… YES! Crack open a Faygo and put Milenko on loop! For the MC of the story will always be welcome among the JUGGALOS!!! WHOOP WHOOP MMFCL [email protected] !!!

Reminds me of the poem “Whitey on the Moon” (more timely than ever!): https://youtu.be/3nzoPopQ7V0?t=23

Last time we talked about this someone suggested there was an Area of Effect property to water blessing. Like you can’t just bless all the water in the biosphere so that all vampires in the world get killed by Holy Water Vapor.

wow that’s a great job! I was searching sector-by-sector but still didn’t see it. if I was a little rodent in that yard I’d def. be dead.

One of my earliest memories, right after I learned how to read as a kid, was coming across one of my parent’s college textbooks and seeing a cartoon of the grim reaper mowing down a wheatfield representing dead soldiers in WW1. You’re right, some future kid is gonna see…